Ross Perot Quotes

In great deeds something abides.

There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

I want to be a part of great things.

I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.

I’d rather make history than write it.

Each of us, every day, through the jobs we do, are offered a shot at greatness, an opportunity to reach immortality.

I want to be part of something great.

There's not much point breaking records if, in the end, it doesn't mean anything.

I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.

It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant

I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.

It's not a problem to be great and do good things.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.

The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.